---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Turnpike Authority Changes."
description: "NC Turnpike Authority Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "North Carolina HB 253 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TOLL ROADS & BRIDGES", "REP. CRAWFORD", "TURNPIKE AUTHORITY BOARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-15"
last_action: "2005-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dcff0f4-a85c-4233-b03a-71939f122b01"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H253&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6a68162e95027599fe8330f949dd9fe4682b9bc2ac2ddf6723af4c076e0f8020"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 253 (2005) — NC Turnpike Authority Changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H253v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H253v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H253v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H253v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H253v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H253v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H253v6.pdf)
8. **SL2005-275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H253v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **92–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-08-12** Ch. SL 2005-275 `became-law`
- **2005-08-12** Signed By Gov. 8/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Pres. To Gov. 8/4/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-03** Ratified
- **2005-08-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2005
- **2005-07-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-06-23** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-21** Engrossed
- **2005-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-21** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2005
- **2005-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-15** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From House
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-16** Ref to the Com on Transportation and, if favorable, to the Com on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dcff0f4-a85c-4233-b03a-71939f122b01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).